and being despised by Princes and Lords fell to the share of the Knight of the Watch and his Comrades From the top of this Mountain one may have a full sight of Paris Vincennes commonly called Le bois de Vincennes is a strong Castle in a Wood not quite a League off Paris towards the East it 's surrounded with a good Ditch and eight great square Towers for its Defence Philip August raised up a Wall about the Wood in 1185. Philip of Valois begun the Tower or Castle in 1337 which K. John and Charles V. ended Q Mary of Medicis begun the Gallery that is on the side of Paris in 1614 and Lewis XIV added new Buildings to it It s Court is spacious and fair a side of it is the Holy and Royal Chappel dedicated to the Blessed Trinity by King Charles V. in 1379. Here are also the Chains of the Streets of Paris sent thither by Charles VI. to punish that City's Rebellion This Place is so very pleasant by its fine Walks in the Woods about it that several Kings have chosen it to end their Lives in as Philip the Fair Lewis Hutin or the Proud and Charles the Handsome Farther into the Woods is a Convent of Minims surnamed Les bons Hommes which is one of the pleasantest Monasteries that can be seen As for the Castle the Inside is every whit as magnificent as what appears without The Princes of the Blood who were taken in the beginning of the last Troubles of France were confined here as had been several others before them Cardinal Mazarin dy'd at Vincennes in 1661. There is still seen an Oak under which King Lewis IX was wont to render Justice for though he went to Vincennes as to a retir'd Place however that the least Absence should not prove hurtful to the poorest of his Subjects at certain hours of the day he sate at a Table covered with a Carpet and ordered his Ushers and Heraulds tâ— cry out whether there was any that wanteâ— Justice Thence apparently comes the Frencâ— Proverb Mettre une chose sur le Tapis To put 〈◊〉 thing upon the Carpet for to propound a Business St. Maur is a Castle built upon 〈◊〉 Height joyning a pleasant Forest near thâ— Marn about three Miles off Paris but in imperfect because Francis I. that beguâ— that Building had not time to finish it yeâ— its considerable for several Rarities as Francis the First 's Head very well worked iâ— Copper his Devise a Salamander environed with Lillies and these Words Non deflorebimus isto Praeside istis ducibus Henry IV. gave this House to the Prince of Condé Returning to Paris along the Marne you find a League from that City the Village of Charenton which by some old Ruines seems to have been formerly a strong and considerable Town Between this and the Palace of Conflans was an admirable Echo which repeated Words to ten times with such a Noise and quickness as tho' they had been as many Canon-Shots It 's great pity that the Cloyster which the Carmelites have built there upon the Ruines of a Church have deprived the World of so great a Wonder Some years ago Charenton was yet more famous for the Temple the Protestants of Paris had there to which have at one time or other belonged so many great and learned Men as Aubertin Du Moulin Mestrezat Daille le Faucheur Dreâ—ncourt Gache Claude I supersede to name â—wo late Ministers one of which was acâ—ounted one of the learnedest Men in France â—nd the other one of the Eloquentest beâ—ause they are both living and in England The Palace of Conflans where Jane Queen â—f Navarre dy'd in 1349 belongs now to â—he House of Villeroy The most consideraâ—le part of it is a vaulted Gallery enriched â—ith a great many Pictures drawn to the â—ife as two Sibylles three Roman Empeâ—ors four Popes several Sultans and great Commanders especially the famous Scanderâ—eg or Castriot Several Learned Men as â—eneca Scot Thomas Aquinas Platina Guicâ—iardini c. The Kings of England of Navarre The Dukes of Savoy and of Lorâ—ain the Families of Valois Bourbon and Nassau all set in gilt Frames and brought â—rom Italy and 21 among the rest out of â—he House of Medicis Three or four Leagues East of Paris â—s the Village of Chelles with a Church founded by Queen Clotilde Wise to Clovis the Great and since repaired and erected into an Abby of Nuns by Queen Baudour Wife to Clovis II. Their Son Clotaire King of France was interred in that Abby in 666 and King Robert had a Palace in the Village Higher up to the North four Leaguâ— from Paris is the Borough of Gonnesse râ—nowned for its Bread and Francis the First Answer to Charles the Fifth's Letter stuffeâ— with ample Titles for he writ nothing elâ— but Francis King of France of France anâ— so to the end of the Page where he pâ— these Words Lord of Vanves and Gonnesâ— A Joke not much unlike to that of Henâ— IV. who answering a Letter of the Spanâ—ards filled up with Bravado's of the samâ— Nature called himself King of Gentilly St. DENIS a pretty Town two League from Paris situated on a Brook called 〈◊〉 Crou in the middle of a fruitful Plain anâ— full of Game At the beginning it was bâ— a Country House of the Lady Catulla whâ— buried there the Bodies of St. Denis Bishoâ— of Paris and of Eleuthere and Rustic his twâ— Priests beheaded in the Persecution of Decius after the Year 250. For the Fable 〈◊〉 St. Denis the Areopagite coming over inâ— Gaul to preach the Gospel has been so solidly confuted by Launoy and other learneâ— Roman Catholicks and French Men too that I need not to disprove it I shall only observe that it has been invented by Hilduâ— Abbot of St. Denis in the Ninth Century and that though in this and subsequent Ages shrewd and Deceitful Monks gull'd 〈◊〉 much as ever the Ignorant and Credulous Vulgar however this ridiculous Opinion did not want Opposers among the rest â—â—e Learned John Scot Erigene who undeâ—eived the Emperour Charles the Bald. The Church was built by Dagobert I. and â—e Abby founded by the same King who â—ave to the Abbot an absolute Authority oâ—er all the Inhabitants of St. Denis and such â—hat it extended upon their Lives and Forâ—unes and that they were in a manner his â—laves Moreover he instituted a yearly â—air of four Weeks length to be kept in a â—ield near the Church during which he â—orbad the Merchants of Paris to sell any â—ares or Commodities Charlemaign orâ—ered that all the Kings and Bishops of â—rance should obey this Abbot that the â—ings should neither be crowned nor the â—ishops ordained without his Leave that all â—is Subjects should pay him a Tax for each â—f their Houses that Slaves who should â—illingly pay it should be put at Liberty â—nd called the Free-men of S. Denis In 834 â—ewis the Meek who had been deposed by â—is Sons had his
p. 201 he says that No-gent-le-Roy is situated on the River Eure betwixt Dreux and Chartres which is true Then he adds Dreux or Drocum is upon the Blaise c. The worst Map in the World might have shewn him that those three Towns are seated on the same River It 's true Moreâ—y has lead him into that mistake but what his pardonable in the compiler of a great Dictionary who is â—irâ—d out by the length and tediousness of the Work and distracted by the â—ariety of matters is not so in a Geographer Besides that there is a River call'd Baise in Guienne but no River Blaise in all France A Vocabulary of this Authors Faults would make up a small Volume and therefore I shall only add an instance or two more P. 309 he calls twice after Robbe Briancon a Bishoprick Neither Morery nor any other Author that I know of mentions any such thing For the Brianconnois were ever as they are still a dependency of the Caturiges and the Prelate of Ambrun P. 320. He puts after Robbe Serres in Viennois that is in the Northern part of Dauphiné tho it lies in Gapencois or in the South of that Province This as true as what he says p. 17 that at the beginning of this War the French King put 700000 Men in Arms and that he alone has more Religion Merit Glory Revenus and Soldiers then all the Crown'd Heads of Europe together without excepting his dear Ally the Turk The former Description of France being so faulty I let the Reader judg what trouble I have been at in chusing the best and including what ever seem'd to me most essential in the Compass of this Book It is divided into two parts whereof the first is an introduction to the Second a general survey of the whole Country and an explication of several Offices and terms that can scarce be fully undeâ—stood without it Tho this part be very short yet you will find there several things concerning the French Monarchy and Politicks the power of their Parliaments the state of their Nobility and Gentry the increase of Popery the breaking up of the Reformation the causes that retarded its progress and have altogether eclips'd it in that Kingdom all which is not easily to be met with any where-else The second contains an Historical and Geographical Description of the twelve Great Governments into which France uses to be divided besides Lorraine and the County of Burgundy There I treat of the different Revolutions of Each Government of its ancient Inhabitants of its Gaulish and Latin names and other Antiquities of its borders extent subdivisions Air Climate Fertility Rivers Lakes Mountains natural Curiosities c. 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THE Method I shall observe in this Description is To give at first a General View of this ancient and large Kingdom To speak of its old and modern Bounds and Divisions Of its Soil Inhabitants Government Policy Magistrates Religion c. And then to give a Particular Description of each of its Provinces CHAP. I. Of the ancient and modern Bounds and Divisions of France Of her Mountains Ports Rivers and Forests FRANCE has not changed her ancient Limits to the South West and North seeing as Gallia of old it has to the West the Ocean of Aquitain to the North the British Ocean as far as Calis by which Sea it is divided from England the Mediterranean Sea on the South which is also called the French Sea with the Pyrenaean Mountains that part her from Spain As to her Limits on the East and North-East they are very uncertain especially in this time of War Before the late Conquests it was bounded by the County of Burgundy Elzas the Dukedom of Lorrain and Barrois and part of the Spanish Netherlands viz. the Province of Luxembourg Hainault Brabant and Flanders But at present the French King is Master of all those Countries except of a little part So that his Kingdom has almost recover'd its ancient Limits on that side viz. the Rhine and the Mouth of the Meuse Her Form is almost round and in a manner oval so that she is as broad as long and may be of 25 days Journey in length from Brest to Strasbourg and of as many in breadth from Dunkerque to Perpignan that is 250 Leagues which make about 1000 Leagues in circuit The ancient Galli called Celtae transplanted themselves into Asia where they gave their Name to a whole Country called Galatia Gallo-Graecia or Gallia Minor and now Chiangare being part of Natoly or Less Asia Another Colony of the Gallick Nation having passed the Alpes conquered a good part of Italy which made the Romans to distinguish them into Cisalpins and Transalpins However the Country on this side the Alpes retained the ancient Name of Gallia and falling afterwards under the Power of the Romans was divided by Augustus into four Parts viz. Gallia Narbonensis called also Gallia Braccata because of the Braccae a kind of broad long Coats the Inhabitants wore The other Parts were the Celtick Gallia or that of Lyons the Belgick and the Aquitanick which had all three the common Surname of Gallia Comata because the
Original in Burgundy in the Woods of the Abbey of St. Seine runs by Paris Roan Honfleur and Harfleur and disgorges it self into the Sea at Havre de Grace with a delicate Channel where it ebbs and flows It receives amongst other Rivers the Marn and the Oyse which crosseth Picardy and under Pont Oyse towards Poissy mixes with the Seine The Isle of France is inclosed by the Seine to the East and South and by the Oyse to the West The Loire springs forth in Vivarez a small Country of Languedock passes by Velay comes into Forest to Nevers Orleans Blois Amboise Tours Saumur and disburthens it self in the Sea near Nantes in Britanny with a Channel of four Leagues breadth It is the largest River of France as the Rhosne is the most rapid It receives the River of Allier which cometh out of Gevaudan in Languedock and several others France abounds in lofty and pleasant Forests that are not like those of Germany Poland and Transilvania which by reason of their greatness and thickness are not so commodious for Hunting That of Orleance is the biggest and broadest Besides those of Montargis there are a great many in the Country of Maine in Lower Britanny in Poictou in Berry in the Country of Angiers in Boulonois Vermandois Picardy in Angoumois where the Forest of Brancome is of great extent The Provinces of Burgundy Dauphine Languedock Guyenne and chiefly Rouergue and Quercy abound also with great Woods CHAP. II. Of the Air and Soil of France and its various Productions FRANCE every where enjoyeth a very wholsom and temperate Air whence it proceeds that the Plague and contagious Diseases are not so frequent and dangerous there as in other Countries She is praised for her Fertility from all â—imes not only in her fair and spacious Plains and in her Vallies but also in her Mountains which are Cultivated and bring forth Corn in such abundance that besides the Provision of her Inhabitants Spain is supplied with it from Burgundy and Languedoc To these Provinces ought to be added those of Normandy Beausse Poictou Xainconge Picardy which are also very plentiful in Corn. All sorts of Wines grow in France and such as are Excellent too Britany Normandy and Picardy by reason of the cold Air produce none but all the other Provinces do abound with it Those of Beausse grow especially about Orleance and Toury Anjou has her White-Wines which are in a particular Esteem Those of Burgundy are sold off at Baulne Sens and Auxerre whereof great Quantities are brought to Paris Guyenne is very well provided with Wines but those of Grave at Bourdeaux those of Gaillaâ— and Rabestens are most esteemed and by the Garonne Charante and Loire are Transported to England Flanders and Germany The Muscadine Wines of Frontignan and other Places near Montpellier in Languedoc are carried to Paris and Foreign Nations The Salt-Pits make the Third Wealth of that Kingdom in which they are both good and plentiful The King draws vast Revenues out of them for the Inhabitants of every Province are furnished therewith at a very high Rate and they are exported to Foreign Nations as the Switzers Dutch English and other Northern People The Salt Pits of Languedoc at Pecais are the excellentest of all There are some in Provence Poictou Xaintonge Brouage whither the Dutch come to fetch them The Hemp and Linnen of Lower Britany Calis Berry Quercy Rouergue and other Places bring likewise a great Trade and a power of Money into France Hâ—reof are made Cables and Sails for Shipping with a prodigious quantity of Cloath which is carried very far There are but some of her Provinces that produce Oyls whose Air is the hottest and sweetest Such as are Provence and Languedoc Of these is a great Trade not only in the very Kingdom but even amongst Strangers Fine Wool abounds in several Places of the Kingdom especially in Berry Soloigne Normandy and Languedoc in all which Provinces very good and fine Cloaths are Woven with Serges that are carried all over the Kingdom and into Spain Italy Piedmont and others Nations She abounds in all manner of Fruit In Normandy Britany and Picardy is a huge quantity of Apples of which they make Cyder that supplies the want of Wine Pears and other Winter-Fruit are better in these Provinces and the Isle of France where the Air is thickest than in those that are more to the South Which on the other hand are plentiful in choice Raisins Figgs Granads Musk-Mellons Apricots Peaches Nectarins Almonds and Nutts Chesnuts are in the most Mountainous Countries such as are Dauphiné the Cevennes Languedoc Auvergne the Country of Limoges and Perigord Wood is found there in some Places which is Exported into several Foreign Countries to Dye in Blue Several of her Provinces do bear Saffron Silk-Worms are fed in Languedoc Provence Dauphiné at Tours at Caen in Normandy and for this purpose a great number of Mulberry-Trees are kept She is not lacking in good Pastures both in the even and hilly Soil to feed Cattle whence comes abundance of Meat as also Milk Butter and Cheese Capons Pullets and all manner of Fowl are here in Store And Turky-Cocks and Hens are fed by Flocks Hares Conies Partridges and Thrushes do swarm There is Rice to be seen in Provence Pulse of all sorts Flowers Herbs and Simples Rosemary Juniper Myrtle-Trees Sage and all other Plants are to be found in it Box grows to a great thickness in Normandy Languedoc and other Places wherewith are made several small Moveables for Service which Strangers make use of Stones do grow in the Quarries And here are very fine Slates especially in Anjou and Marbles in Foix and in some Places of Languedoc All big Beasts for Game as Fallow Deers Chamois Stags Wild-Goats are to be found in her Forrests besides several good Races of Horses of Burgundy Normandy Britany Auvergne Poictou the Country of Limoges Gascony Foix and Languedoc yet they are not so strong as those of Germany whence they are brought to draw Carts and Coaches Spain has Mules from Auvergne and Gevaudan The Corn and Wines of France with the Salt-Houses and other Wares are the most assured Mines she has yet those of Gold and Silver are not wanting though they are not wrought at And it is not to be doubted but that in the Pyreneans and other Mountains of Auvergne Rouergue Gevaudan Languedoc and in the Cevennes may be found Veins of Gold and Silver as Germans who have visited and found them out have Related There are Mines of Iron in Auvergne and Britany of Coals Lead Pewter Azur Copperas c. in other Places Add to these the Mineral Waters as those of Pougues Mayne Bourbon Vals and the Baths of Hot Waters at Vichy Barlaruc Bagneux Encausse c. CHAP. III. Of the Inhabitants of France and of their Language THE French are Endowed with more Virtuos than Vices by the Confession even of Strangers who praise them for their Charity hospitality Courtesie
Valour and Bravery and for their being fit and as 't were born to all that they are minded to Undertake in Learning War or Mechanicks wherein they very Expeditiously imitate whatever they see perform'd by Strangers They are very cleanly in their Diet and Apparel and very apt in the one or the other to go beyond their Means Quality and Birth which by comparing them to Spaniards Italians and other Nations has been taken notice of Their Cloathing as to the Making is never certain no more as to the Mode then as to the Stuff wherein continually they change at least from year to year The Men here are Comelier and Stronger and of a finer size than Spaniards and Italians but not then the Germans Dutch or English As to the Women they are Handsomer In some Provinces than others For in Normandy Picardy and on this side the Loire they are commonly more agreeable than in the ancient Aquitain that is in Auvergne Perigord the Country of Limoges Gascony and Vpper Languedoc The other part of Guienne especially at Bourdeaux part of Dauphiné Lower Languedoc and Provence shew more pleasing Faces and even exquisite Beauties As we have said that the French Man renders himself fit for every Thing he is chiefly so in Arms and War-fare He likewise gives himself over to Study Eloquence to all Arts and to Merchandize He carries freely his Trade to Foreign Nations and there Manures the Land and knows not to be Lazy He is very Industrious and Works merrily though he is found fault with for not being Patient and willing to endure in War The French Nobility are above all most rare Horsemen and have a particular Care of their Honour even to excess witness the damnable custom of Duels which the Edicts of the present Prince have not yet been able totally to suppress The People of France are generally Meek and Good every where except in some few places where they are a little too Blunt and Rustick The Vulgar bears an extream Respect to great Persons whether they be of the Nobility Officers of Justice or of the Revenues Ecclesiasticks and other Men of Long Gown are especially Honoured And there is hardly any Nation in the World that has so many Officers of all sorts as the Kingdom of France The Merchant nay and the very Tradesman if at any time he becomes Wealthy pushes his Children to it And into several Parliaments of France and other Courts of Justice the Nobility Sues for Offices too whence comes that infinite number of literate Men though their Reward be but small and that all Offices be Sold which is not usual in other States of Europe Thence also proceeds a swarm of Advocates Sollicitors Registers Notaries and other Men of Business whose number has been extraordinarily increas'd by the late Edicts of Lewis XIV and his Creation for Money of an incredible number of new Officers which must needs impoverish the Kingdom and bring it at last to an utter Ruin For either these new Offices will be suppress'd in time of Peace and consequently a great many Families will be Ruin'd that have bestow'd their ready Money and some their Estates upon these Employments Or if they be continued the common People will be oppress'd by the multitude of Officers and the number of Merchants Trades and Husbandmen mightily diminish'd Another great Abuse that may prove at last the Ruin of France is the extraordinary increase of the Gentry For whereas in England younger Brothers even of the greatest Noblemen make no difficulty of becoming Merchants nay and Tradesmen too if they have no inclination to Learning The youngest Son of a simple Gentleman in France would account it a great Dishonour to his Birth to do any thing but to wear a Gown or a Sword which makes that the French Gentry who is almost as numerous as the other Inhabitants can hardly subsist in time of Peace Besides the Faults which the French have common with other Nations as to be too much given to Play to Women Debauchery Blasphemies and Cursings it cannot be deny'd but that they are Hasty and Cholerick However you will find amongst 'em very few instances of those secret and awful Revenges that are so often practis'd by some of their Neighbours As to their Levity we may in their behalf make use of Charles the Fifth's saying That they are Wise without making any shew of it For though they are not so Crafty as the Italians nor so Vain and Proud as the Spaniards yet do they not want Policy and Cunning. Finally the French are very Religious and have always feared their Gods and whatever Religion they Embraced they firmly stick'd to it The frequent Wars which they have Undertaken or Suffered upon this account shew the Truth of this Assertion They are very Respectful to Ladies and give them large Liberty neither do they shut them up as the Italians and Spaniards do whence it comes that they are cordially Beloved and served by their Wives and that the Visits and Practises of young Women end generally in a happy Wedlock The French Tongue for the most part is a Branch of the Latin The Romans becoming Masters of the Country and introducing their Laws in it changed the Speech of the Natural Inhabitants or by little and little made them loose it If the German Tongue had been there spoken before or the British they were at last totally routed and a kind of corrupted Latin took their place Now a days each Province has its peculiar manner of Speaking and Dialect However there is still a difference of Speech betwixt the Provinces on this side the Loire and those beyond it The first Speak French and the last Gascon taking this Word as usually taken at Paris for those of Languedoc and Dauphiné Provence and Guyenne the Latin Tongue having left deeper Footsteps of its Residence in those four Provinces than among the other French whose Language is purer especially about Blois Orleance and Paris CHAP. IV. Of the Riches Strength and Government of France THE Kingdom of France is Rich and Potent by its Situation by the great numbers of its Cities and Inhabitants and by its Wares of all Sorts of which there is a great Trade As to the Riches the King takes what he pleases in his Taxes Excise upon Salt Impositions upon Merchandises that go out and are brought into France besides his Patrimony whereupon the Kings have lived during a long time The Revenues of the Kingdom before the Dutch War of 1672 were deem'd to amount to 170000000 Livres that is about 15000000 Sterling but have ever since still diminish'd partly by the continual Taxes that impoverish the People and partly by the stop which the Wars have put to Trade but much more by the Persecution of the Protestants which has made the price of the Lands considerably fall disturb'd the Traffick of the Realm and depriv'd it of great Sums of ready Money which the French Refugees have brought over with 'em
the Wars of the Holy Land by â—â—e Conquest of Antioch which they possess'd 〈◊〉 long time under the Title of Principality I find a small Town in this Province call'd â—â—auteville near the Sea-cost five miles Southâ—â—st of Coutance and eleven Northwest of â—â—â—vranches but cannot tell whether it was the â—itle of the Lord Tancrede Nine leagues West of Caudebec upon anoâ—â—er small Brook near the mouth of the Seyne â—â—es Harfleur Hareflotum so call'd because 't is â—â—â—ed on a Bay where the Sea ebbs and flows 〈◊〉 was formerly a considerable Town before 〈◊〉 de Grace was renown'd The English â—â—ok it by Storm some time before the Battle 〈◊〉 Azincourt Havre de Grace Franciscopolis two leagues â—ell of Harfleur is now one of the strongest 〈◊〉 a Port Towns in France The French Kings â—ancis I. and Henry II. fortified it in 1562. â—â—nder Charles IX the Vidame of Chartres and â—â—eauvoir la Nocle seized upon this Town for the â—rotestants and having treated with Queen â—â—lizabeth deliver'd it into her hands The â—â—ench King to recover this place flattered â—â—â—e Protestants so well that they themselves â—elp'd to besiege and retake it The Count of â—arwick very couragiously defended the place â—â—r some time but the want of fresh Water â—â—nd the Plague destroy'd 3000 of his Men forâ—ed him to Capitulate on the 28th of July in â—he same Year Lewis XIII did since encrease â—he Fortifications of that place and built there 〈◊〉 Cittadel flank'd with four Royal Bastions However as the Town is not strong on the Land-side it could still be taken that way 〈◊〉 the Cittadel block'd up Havre de Grace is 〈◊〉 pleasant and well Trading Town with 〈◊〉 Buildings and Markets Seventeen miles North-east of Havre de Grâ—â— is the Ancient Burrough of Fescamp famâ—â— for an Abby of Nuns founded by one Wâ—â—gen a French Lord under Clotaire III. Richâ—â—â— II. Duke of Normandy repaired it and woâ—â—â— be buried there in a Stone Coffin which sâ—â—â— that time he caused to be filled up every Fâ—â— day with Corn and to be distributed to 〈◊〉 Poor together with twenty pence This Aâ—â—â— by is now possess'd by Benedictine Moâ—â— Fescamp would be very fit for a Landing 〈◊〉 great Vessels can run aground very near tâ—â— Shoar and then go off with the Tide Eight leagues almost East of Fescamp is anotâ—â— Town called St. Valery by the name of an Aâ—cient Abbot It 's more considerable than 〈◊〉 camp but not so fit for a Descent because 〈◊〉 the banks that reach above a league into the Sâ— Seven leagues East of S. Valery is the famoâ—â— Sea-port of Dieppe the Juliobona Caletorum 〈◊〉 Ptolomy and Peutinger's Tables as appears by 〈◊〉 distance from other Towns noted in the Itiâ—â—â—rary or Journey of Aethicus It is seated 〈◊〉 the foot of Mountains whence flows the â—â—ver Arques that separates the Town from thâ—â— Suburbs and forms a long and strait Havâ—â—â— that can harbour a great number of Vessels and those of 500 Tuns too but is of hard access The Town is pretty big and well buâ—â—â— has a great Kay a Fort called Pollet and a Castle The Inhabitants Trade into the East and Weâ—â— Indies England and the Low-Countries and â—re esteem'd good Mariners and Handicraftâ—en also especially in working Ivory-horn â—nd Tortle-shell and making Bussols and other â—nstruments of Astrology Dieppe has been ofâ—en taken and re-taken during the Wars beâ—ween the English and French since the Year â—195 The Protestants have often been Maâ—â—ters of it in the last Century and it served â—or a place of Refuge to King Henry IV. whence â—â—t came that the Countrey thereabouts was filâ—ed with Protestants The Citizens in imitatiâ—n of Rouen have instituted Floral Games where â—hey give Rewards to such Poets and Orators â—â—s get the Victory over their Competitors Rigord and William the Breton testifie that this Town was anciently burnt by the French and we â—nd among the Subscriptions of the Council of â—â—halon in Burgundy that of Betto Bishop of Juâ—â—â—hona but as there was never a Bishop of Diâ—â—pâ— nor any other Prelate in the whole Diocess â—f Rouen besides that of Rouen so De Valois believes â—hat it must either be Anger 's or Troyes Two leagues South of Dieppe and the Sea â—â—ies the Town of Arques upon a River of that â—ame In Latin Arcae or rather Arcus It was â—ormerly call'd Hasdans and had a good Road â—ut is now more famous for a Victory that â—he French King Henry IV. obtained over the Duke of Mayenn and the Leaguers the 21st â—f September 1589. This great Prince had not â—bove 500 Horse 1200 Footmen and 2000 â—witzers but he posted himself so well beâ—ween two Hills and the River Bethune that with this small Army he routed 30000 men Dieppe and Arques together with some Vilages as Pierre-Pont Val-le-Roy Tilly St. Supli aâ—â— Criel upon the mouth of the Iere between thâ—â— River and Seye constituted the Countrey 〈◊〉 Tellau or Taloui Tallogus Pagus which hâ—â— excellent Salt-pits but both the Salt-pits aâ—â— the name of the Countrey are perished Seven leagues East of Dieppe lyes the Toâ—â— of Eu Aucum or Auga near the mouth of tâ—â— Bresle or Ou a small league from the Sâ—â— and a Village called Tresport Ulterior Portas thâ—â— lyes upon it and has an Abby of St. Beaâ—â—â— Order The scituation of Eu is pleasant because of the Meadows that encompass it Râ—lon first Duke of Normandy had planted there 〈◊〉 Colony but the French took the Town by Stoâ—â—â— and kill'd all the Males It has the Title of 〈◊〉 County and Peerdom erected by Charles VII 〈◊〉 1458. and has been possessed by several Ilâ—â—strious Houses as those of Lusignan Briâ—â—â— and Guise since the twelfth Century till 〈◊〉 Year 1664. that it was given to a Daughter 〈◊〉 the Royal Blood the Lady of Orleance Raâ—â—l 〈◊〉 Brienne second of that Name was High Coâ—stable of France after Raoul the first his Brother was taken at the Battle of Cressy in 134â— and brought Prisoner into England But at 〈◊〉 return being convicted of High Treason 〈◊〉 favouring the English he had his Head cut oâ— on the 18th of November 1581. The Counts 〈◊〉 Eu have given another High Constable to Franâ—â— under the Name of Philip who in the time 〈◊〉 the French King Charles VI. brought a considerable Succour to Sigismond King of Hâ—â—â—ry against Bajazet II. Emperour of the 〈◊〉 John Count of Nevers and since Duke of Burâ—undy was with him followed by 2000 French Gentlemen The Battle was given near Nicoâ—olis a Town of Bulgary on the Danube in â—396 but the Christians totally routed and 600 French Gentlemen that had been taken Prisoners cut into pieces before the Eyes of the two Counts whom he kept alive with fourteen â—other Lords to get a Ransom of 200000 Duckats Nine leagues South of Eu near the source of the Bresle is the Town of Aumale Alba-marna or Alga-marla that is white Earth with the Title of Dutchy and